The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $260,250 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to support research on quantifying systematic errors in measuring dark matter mass of dwarf galaxy satellites of the Milky Way. The key goals are to understand the dark matter content in the Large Magellanic Cloud and determine the dark matter mass range for small galaxies that have been disrupted by the Milky Way's gravity. This project will fund a graduate student to lead science outreach activities for the Flying Cloud Institute for Young Women in Science and provide summer research experiences for 3 undergraduate students. No sub-awards are planned under this grant, which has an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2027.
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